History of Public Health

Question 1

Skilled in:
The use of herbal medicine
The use of amulets, charms or spells that would ward off evil spirit that cause illness
Conduct ceremonies that would appease the Gods or supernatural being and revert the curse that caused illness.
Giving advice to individuals on how to maintain an ill-free life

Answer 1

Shaman/medicine man

Question 2

Established rudimentary baths and toilets in dwelling places.
Give high regard for personal cleanliness but the rationale was more religious rather than medical
They believed that deities and spirits still played a role in causing illness.

Answer 2

Ancient Egyptian:

Question 3

they slowly digressed from the perspective of the supernatural as the cause of illness and diseases into a more “rational or logical “ paradigm.
Gave birth to prominent Greek philosophers such as Aristotle, Socrates and Pythagoras.
Hippocrates- known as the father of medicine.

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Greeks

Question 4

Father of medicine

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Hippocrates

Question 5

He proposed that diseases develop because of our environment and not because of some form of divine act
He noted the effect of food, of occupation and even climate in causing diseases.

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Hippocrates:

Question 6

Concept of four humors

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Phlegm
Blood
Yellow bile
Black bile

Question 7

Humor Phlegm is associated with what season?

Answer 7

Winter, Cold & moist

Question 8

Humor Phlegm is associated with what element?

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

Humor Phlegm and its season & elements results to?

Answer 9

Phlegmatic

Question 10

Humor Black Bile is associated with what season?

Answer 10

Autumn, Cold & Dry

Question 11

Humor Black Bile is associated with what element?

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Earth

Question 12

Humor Black Bile and its season & elements result to?

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Melancholy

Question 13

Humor Blood is associated with what season?

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Spring, Hot & Moist

Question 14

Humor Blood is associated with what element?

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Air

Question 15

Humor Blood and its season & elements result to?

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Sanguine

Question 16

Humor Yellow Bile is associated with what season?

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Summer, Hot & Dry

Question 17

Humor Yellow Bile is associated with what element?

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Fire

Question 18

Humor yellow bile and its season & elements result to?

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choleric

Question 19

a Greek physician who migrated to rome, dissected monkey.
- His works became a foundation for the study of human anatomy.

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Galen

Question 20

Development of the black plague or the bubonic plague.
Caused by bacteria yersinia pestis, transmitted through flea bites.
The outbreak started in china and through the trade routes the diseases was brought to Europe.

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Middle ages or “dark ages”

Question 21

broadened the public’s understanding of how epidemics or infections were spread.
-He introduces the concept of “fomites

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Girolamo fracastoro

Question 22

a vehicle carrying pathogens that could cause diseases.

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“fomites”

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described a detailed structure of human body

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Andreas Vesalius

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study the human circulatory system and properties of blood

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William Harvey

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observed through a crude microscope a bacteria and other microorganisms

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Anton van leeweenhoek

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institutionalizing a system that would record and register deaths, this form of death registration was referred to as

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“bills of mortality”.

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Exchange of diseases between the colonizer and colonized ex: smallpox virus
Explorer who comeback from the new world brought them new disease: syphilis
The new world discovered quinine from south American quina-quina tree, the first medicine against malaria

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Colonial period:

Question 28

the first medicine against malaria

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quina-quina tree

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French surgeon, discovered parasites in the blood of patients suffering from symptoms of malaria and started to comprehend the etiology of the disease.

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Charles louis laveran

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discover that the malarial parasites could be transmitted by mosquitoes and patient would get infected by the parasites through mosquito bites.

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Ronald ross-

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father of immunology, discovered the vaccine against small pox virus

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Dr. Edward jenner

Question 32

secretary of the England’s poor law commission

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Edwin Chadwick-

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the father of epidemiology, was able to trace the source of cholera.

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Dr. john snow-

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helped push for the professionalization of nurses.

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Florence nightingale

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introduced the concept of public health nursing.

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Lilian wald-

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developed the field of bacteriology.

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Robert Koch-

Question 37

discovered killing bacteria in milk which is known as pasteurization

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Louis Pasteur-

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developed polio vaccine

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Jonas Salk and albert sabin-

Question 39

became the first medical school in the country.

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University of sto.tomas

Question 40

Declaration of alma- alta on primary health care:
“ health is a human right”
“health for all” by thE year 2000
deplored the widening gap between developed and developing countries

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1978:

Question 41

United nations international children’s emergency fund (unicef) came up with what is known as GOBI strategy.

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1982:

Question 42

Emerging diseases: 5

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Aids ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome)- 20th century
Sars ( severe acute respiratory syndrome)- 2003
Swine flu- 1998
Avian flu (Ah5n1)- 1997
Ebola virus- 1976, discovered by peter piot